When I started Out Stealing Horses, I had no idea that the war would be in that book. Then some friction crept in - an unease between the two fathers. And I thought to myself: what can that be? Well, this is the 1940s. It has to be something about the war. Shit. I'll have to write about the war. Then I have to do research, and I hate research. Of course, now it seems that the war is essential to the story.
Per Petterson

Tom’s News

Italian conservative leader, Silvio Berlusconi, was asked by a young female voter how she could bridge the poverty gap. His answer was, ‘You should look to marry a millionaire, like my son, or someone who doesn’t have such problems.’

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The Swiss assisted suicide group Dignitas, which was evicted from its flat in Zurich after complaints about bodies in the lift, has opened what neighbours have labelled a ‘death factory’ on a business park next to the country’s biggest brothel.

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Michael Jackson, really weird pop star, has plans for a new album and tour . . . Moonwalking away from his debts?

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“After a public rebuke last year from his wife for flirting with showgirls, in which she claimed her ‘dignity’ had been undermined and that her husband’s behaviour was ‘unacceptable’, Berlusconi appeared to suggest all was well at home, describing her in an interview last week as, ‘intelligent, beautiful and indulgent’, and adding that she was standing firmly behind his bid for office.”

“The Swiss assisted suicide group Dignitas, which was evicted from its flat in Zurich after complaints about bodies in the lift, has opened what neighbours have labelled a ‘death factory’ on a business park next to the country’s biggest brothel.”